French store puts on striptease classes to boost lingerie sales By Susan Bell for The Independent

"I'd never go to a strip club to take classes,'' said 27-year-old Brigitte de Abreu as she looked through the store's vast selection of thongs. "But in a big department store like this it seems fine.'' Learning the art "could always come in useful", she said.

Jeni Landers, a 29-year-old American who has lived in Paris for 18 months, said: "I consider myself a serious feminist and I think part of being a woman is to be proud of my body. There was nothing vulgar about this; it was just like going to a dance class.''

Naughty Takes Off The Stripper Aesthetic Sheds Some Sleaze, and a Few Pounds By Libby Copeland Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 30, 2003; Page D01

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Because, really, who hasn't dreamed of doing a fireman spin around a stripper pole? Because over-the-knee boots are an uptown girl's way of getting down. Because Carmen Electra -- star of a new striptease-for-exercise DVD series -- is eager to teach America's women how to play a "naughty secretary." Because Madonna pole-dances in a magazine and Kate Moss pole-dances in a video and Pamela Anderson once talked of quitting acting to strip during Kid Rock's concerts. Because Oprah recently learned how to do a stripper walk.

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